Vampire Weekend Tour

“You’re only as good as your songs,” Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig recently told Q Magazine, providing this refreshing, self-aware tidbit in defense of his band’s unhurried approach to releasing new material. It’s been over two years since the group dropped an album, 2010’s Contra – but, according to the same Q article, the former Columbia grads are finally gearing up to debut album number three this spring! The release date if May 7 in the US, May 6 in the UK.

Expanding upon his perfectionist approach to songwriting (his fans appreciate it), Koenig goes on to explain that although Vampire Weekend could have released the untitled effort a year ago, the dangers of spiraling into creative depression, had they done so, would have outweighed any early bird benefits:
“If someone had put a gun to our heads a year ago, we could have handed something in and it wouldn’t have sucked. But if we listen back to our own work and it doesn’t sound the way we wanted, the depression that sets in is really extreme. So releasing a record that we didn’t feel 100 percent about would commit us to a year of depression, touring a half-assed record.”

No one wants that. What Vampire Weekend’s fans do what is a fully realized release… because when the band’s happy, their concerts are worth the price of admission. Koenig didn’t reveal any tour details, but we happen to know where there’s an album, there’s an agent booking venues, so be sure to check back here once Vampire Weekend confirm 2013 concert dates!